Bi-directional sex change and gonad structure in the gobiid fish Trimma yanagitai
2009
Sakurai, M.(Kagoshima Immaculate Heart Coll. (Japan)) | Nakakoji, S. | Manabe, H. | Dewa, S. | Shinomiya, A. | Sunobe, T.
Bi-directional sex change in the deep-water gobiid fish Trimma yanagitai was examined. The gonads of all individuals consisted of ovarian and testicular elements, and an accessory gonadal structure. In no gonads were both testicular and ovarian parts simultaneously active. Bi-directional sex changes occurred during the rearing experiments in aquaria under conditions of which there was co-existence of two males or plural females. The sex of individuals could be determined by their relative body size or social dominance: the largest individual acting as male and the remainders as female.
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